Mayor Otis Johnson wants the public to know what happens when students are suspended from school. “When they’re not in school, they become my problem as men,” Johnson says. […]
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Swine flu confirmed in Georgia
The first case of swine flu in Georgia has been confirmed. The Georgia Division of Public Health said Thursday the case involves a 30-year-old woman in LaGrange. The woman […]
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City turns to teams
It was a meeting so big that it started in one place and ended in another. On April 23, the Savannah City Council met with representatives of the Budgeting […]
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It’s Pippin, people
It’s a true play-within-a-play. The musical Pippin follows the son of Charlemagne as he heads out to discover the secret of true happiness and find himself. Along the way, he […]
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Sleeping beauty
Metro police responded to the scene of a burglary to find the suspect sleeping peacefully at the scene. A worker at the New Beginnings Learning Center, arrived at work at […]
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Cardinal Rep’s curtain call
Ryan McCurdy and Sasha Travis were very young, but they had big dreams and a lot of determination. They wanted to establish a theater company in Savannah – and they […]
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Veteran vets
Dr. Erle Glenwood Case would be astonished to see what’s happened to the Savannah veterinary practice he founded back in 1909. Although Erle was quite progressive for his day, he’d […]
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The Local Bruise Leader
Police were called to the WTOC-TV newsroom at 11 The News Place on April 9 in response to a battery. At the scene, an officer was told by anchor Mike […]
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Tybee turtle time
Blizzard and Snowball are two lucky turtles. After being cold-stunned off the North Carolina coast, the loggerhead turtles were taken to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island for […]
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Brer Rabbit redux
Long before Bugs Bunny hit the big screen, even before Beatrix Potter made Peter Rabbit a household name, there was a lovable, lop-eared, scamp of a critter named Brer Rabbit. […]
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DeRenne, again
Project DeRenne – a neighborhood revitalization project that is doable, or a pipe dream that could lead to a nightmare? It depends on who you ask. The Savannah City Council […]
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Mercer statue to stand in Ellis Square
Oscar-winning lyricist John Herndon Mercer may have found fame and fortune in Hollywood and New York City, but he never forgot his hometown. Mercer was born in Savannah in 1909 […]